SOCCER PLAYER

Billy Gonsalves

1908 - 1977

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Adelino William Gonsalves (August 10, 1908 – July 17, 1977) was an American soccer player, sometimes described as the "Babe Ruth of American Soccer". He spent over 25 years playing in various American professional leagues and was a member of the U.S. squad at the FIFA World Cup in 1930 and 1934. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Billy Gonsalves is the 6,247th most popular soccer player (down from 5,816th in 2019), the 12,053rd most popular biography from United States (down from 11,354th in 2019) and the 28th most popular American Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Billy Gonsalves ranks 6,247 out of 21,273. Before him are Junko Ozawa, Mounir El Hamdaoui, Kenji Tanaka, Kevin Mirallas, Yutaka Akita, and Aykut Kocaman. After him are Demis Nikolaidis, Danny Welbeck, Denis Zakaria, Toshihiro Yamaguchi, José Serrizuela, and Javier de Pedro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Billy Gonsalves ranks 407. Before him are Alexey Okladnikov, Alan Baxter, Kathleen Raine, Albert Maltz, Marceline Day, and Luis Pérez. After him are Antony Tudor, Raymond Scott, Jean Claessens, Vic Lindquist, Jackie Fields, and Imogene Coca. Among people deceased in 1977, Billy Gonsalves ranks 269. Before him are Odd Frantzen, Pauline Starke, Ivan Artobolevsky, Alexander Bustamante, Andy Auld, and Sonja Åkesson. After him are Alan Reed, Alberto Rodriguez Larreta, Fannie Lou Hamer, Freddie Prinze, Gertrude Abercrombie, and Sleepy John Estes.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Billy Gonsalves ranks 12,055 out of 20,380. Before him are Jaycee Chan (1982), Nick Searcy (1959), Timothy Geithner (1961), Saweetie (1993), Kevin Cheng (1969), and Corey Burton (1955). After him are Phil Alden Robinson (1950), Susan Rice (1964), Robert R. Gilruth (1913), Lance Barber (1973), Chris Dodd (1944), and Eric Christian Olsen (1977).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United States

Among soccer players born in United States, Billy Gonsalves ranks 28. Before him are Christie Pearce (1975), Megan Rapinoe (1985), Raphael Tracey (1904), Chad Johnson (1978), Oguchi Onyewu (1982), and DeAndre Yedlin (1993). After him are Al Harker (1910), James Gentle (1904), Frank Borghi (1925), John Doyle (1966), Gino Pariani (1928), and Mike Bookie (1904).

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